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Eastern Newt

Notophthalmus viridescens

Description:

A type of salamander with a shiny black skin

Habitat:

Wet moist area

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6 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Nice! I have moved this to amphibians for you. :)

DevonJerothe
DevonJerothe 11 years ago

Thank you

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

nice spotting - Welcome to Project Noah!

DevonJerothe
DevonJerothe 11 years ago

Thank you for the info

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

It's not really black skin. It's wet dark green which makes it look black

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

Or the cousin Peninsula Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens piaropicola) same but slightly different

DevonJerothe
Spotted by
DevonJerothe

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jun 26, 2012
Submitted on Jun 26, 2012

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